Looking to combat the high cost of living and bring a sense of style and design to the city of Vancouver, Michael Katz along with wife and co-designer Janet Corne have designed a modern pre-fab triplex thats will fit on the average Vancouver lot (33' x 122'). With these factory built homes, one lot is transformed into a high quality revenue generator, more so than a normal home with an average basement suite. The two units are thought to generate $1800 and $2000.

Called the Vancouver Special 2.0, the prefab house consists of an 1800 sqft 3 bedroom house, a slightly below grade 2 bedroom garden suite and a 2 bedroom 500 sqft laneway house. Keeping quality and new technology in mind, they will include rooftop gardens, solar panels, net-zero...